Havelock Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1984.

History

In 1963, Loh Miaw Gong was elected as assemblyman for the Legislative Assembly of Singapore. However she was arrested under the Internal Security Act before she can assume her seat.

In 1967, Loh resigned her seat, along with four other Barisan Sosialis MP. A by-election was called in 1967 to fill in the seat.

In 1984, Havelock was merged with nearby constituencies, Telok Ayer and Kreta Ayer Constituencies.

Member of Parliament

ElectionMember of ParliamentParty
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955Lim Yew HockLF
1959Peter Lau Por TuckPAP
1963Loh Miaw GongBS
Parliament of Singapore
1967Lim Soo PengPAP
1968
1970Hon Sui Sen
1972
1976
1980

Electoral results

Note: The Elections Department does not include rejected votes when calculating the vote shares of candidates. Hence, all candidates' vote shares will total to 100% at any given election (may not appear so in multi-way contests due to rounding).

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1955: Havelock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LFLim Yew Hock5,74486.5N/A
IndependentSoh C.S.5257.9N/A
PPChua Bock Kwee3735.6N/A
Majority5,21978.6N/A
Registered electors12,835N/A
Total valid votes6,64251.7N/A
Rejected ballots
Turnout
LF win (new seat)
General Election 1959: Havelock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAPPeter Lau Por Tuck9,22763.6N/A
IndependentNg See Thong3,56224.6N/A
SPATan Theng Chiang9636.6N/A
MCALoke Kwok Sang4333.0N/A
LSPTan Ah Pak3232.2N/A
Majority5,66539.039.6
Registered electors15,91924.0
Total valid votes14,50891.139.4
Rejected ballots
Turnout
PAP gain from SPASwingN/A

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Havelock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BSLoh Miaw Gong6,30444.1N/A
PAPWong Chun Choi4,15729.034.6
UPPNg Chee Sen3,20922.4N/A
SALim Ser Puan6414.55.1
Majority2,14715.123.9
Registered electors15,1594.8
Total valid votes14,31194.41.4
Rejected ballots
Turnout
BS gain from PAPSwingN/A

Historical maps

  • 1955 General Election